(August 3, 2010 at 1:50 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote: Magic underwear and sex through a hole in the sheet are what come to mind when I think about Mormonism. Oh, also the fact that men will get their own planet to fill with their harem of women they collect on Earth and women can't get to heaven except through a man. I guess that is just payback because men can't get to Earth except through a woman.
(August 12, 2010 at 10:46 am)Thor Wrote:(August 11, 2010 at 8:20 pm)AngelThMan Wrote: By the same token, if God dropped from the sky tomorrow, atheists would still find a way to deny it was actually God.
People who make a statement like this demonstrate that they haven't a clue about how atheists think. The vast majority of atheists (myself included) don't believe in a deity because there is no evidence for the existence of a deity. If this deity were to suddenly "drop down from the sky" we would certainly have evidence! Of course, this being would then have to demonstrate that he (or she, or it) is, in fact, "God". Not to mention WHICH "God".
Personnally I'd be worried about my mental health.
People who think they actually encounter god tend to be crazy and often go on to commit murder, ( I'm thinking of Peter Sutcliffe 'the yorkshire ripper' here, but I'm sure you can think of others)
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/seria...ue_13.html
But what exactly would differntiate god from a powerful alien invader?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBwoEXlTph0
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.